ITP Lecture Archive

Symmetries in Physics – HS 2015


Lecturer: Prof. Niklas Beisert

Wednesday 8:45-10:30, HIT F 12

Assistants: Reimar Hecht, Caterina Specchia

Friday 8:45-9:30, HIT F 11.1
Friday 14:45-15:30, HIT J 52

Please note:
Lecture on 16 & 30 September in HPT C 103
Lecture on 23 September in HPL D 32

Description

Group Theory for Physicists

Content

  1. Two-Dimensional Rotations
  2. Three-Dimensional Symmetries
  3. Finite Group Theory
  4. Point and Space Groups
  5. Structure of Simple Lie Algebras
  6. Finite-Dimensional Representations
  7. Representations of SU(N)
  8. Classification of Simple Lie Algebras
  9. Conformal Symmetry

Literature

Credit Requirements

Materials

Lecture Notes

Problem Sets